The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-22
A FORMER MEMPHIAN
Is PRESENT AT SOME BLOOD
OURDLING MANIFESTATIONS
By Ghosts I'm q Haunted House I'm
Dallas-A Fearful Ex-
peIienee.


says that DIR. Arch Cochran and MIR.
William 6reenla " spent Tuesday night
in the reported haunted house on
Griffin street, but either the ghost did
no. care 10 entertain such distin-
guiske ed guests, or it may have been its
off night, as 1t came not. Both OF the
gentlemen, through the night long,
kept their eyes etrained and their ears
cooked for spectere, but neither heard
nor saw anything that could not be
accounted for through the operation
OF natural laws. A reporter, guided
by the light OF the bright polar star,
visited the ecsne Of the spiritual die
turbances last night and found quite
stream OF people engaged on a like
mission. There were white people
and black people, but while the former
knocked at the door and asked for the
latest developments, the latter clnng
10 the distant fences like "coone,"
aud were satisfied with what
the returning visitors would
tell them, which wal frequently high
ly exaggerated. The reporter met q
young lady, member OF the family
who said that the stream OF visitors
had been unbroken since morning
She had made up her mind not to re-
main another night in the house, and
she had only remained there that long
because her mother had been taken
sick as the reeult Of the shock her
nerves underwent at the hands OF the
apparition, whose antics threw the
Rochester knockings entirely in the
shade. The family, to follow up the
recital of the young lady, which was
given on condition that her name
should not appear in print, moved in
10 the hou @ about a month ago. A
few nights later the young lady's pa
rents were aroused by what they i'm
agined was somebody trying TO pull
the blankets of the bed, speedily fol-
lowed by movement OF the bad itself,
which was rudely twittsd and shaken
by what on examiGRtion proved to be
unseen hands. These manifestations
were followed or accompanied on diff.
ferent nights by Others OF a still more
blood curdling character. Pistol shots
would bs heard, seemingly fred
in the hall. and followed by
smothered groans, like those OF a
woman or child, which at times
would bs accompanied by voices too
indistiuct to catch their meaning.
The shots were distinctly heard by
Mr.. Greenlaw and other neighbors,
who imagined that they must have
been fired AZ dogs. or for other pur-
poees not inconsistent with earthly
existence. 1t is also affirmed that
the ghost materlalzed to an old lady,
approaching her with the soft move
ment OF q moonbeam and appearing
as a white woman in white garment.
The apparition placed over the old
lady's face its hands, which felt like
the puff Of a cold, damp norther. The
old lady muttered, "What do you
want2" and the spparition vanished
into thin air at the sound Of toe ques-
ton. AT times, with the full light
turned on, sounds are head ss II
produced by a rubber ball bouncing
on the q DOR and striking at short in
tervals and distances, The window cur
tains have been rathed end the win
dows knocked on as IL with knuckley,
while the shining moon disclosed no
presence. The coored cook, as might
be expected, did not stand IL long.
Early in the proceedings, as che was
engaged at the work OF preparing sup
per, her dress was pulled violently.
Turning around, with an exclamation,
"Fore Godi what date she discov.
cred nothing. Her next movement
was homeward bound, and she has
not since returned. 1t would be beg
g'ng the question, in face OF tho evil
dence Of the senses, to cay that there
is nothing In oil this, and the casa pre-
cents an opportunity for the local me-
ddi,ums to eslablish their reputation by
an exploration OF the mystery. The
reporter was informed that there are
no rats In tue house, and that some Of
the manifestations have been wit
messed by strong lamplight.